"Hurry up, Great Saintess Ye!"
He suddenly turned around and urged me on.
I picked up the clothes; they were covered in his scent.
Although I feel completely weak, I still managed to change into the clothes he gave me.
After all, I can't just keep being naked and let this guy have his way, can I?
"Alright, let's go."
Just as I finished fastening the last button, his hand suddenly grabbed me and pulled me outwards.
"ah……"
I was so weak that I almost fell to the ground if I couldn't stand up straight.
"I almost forgot, you're out of energy right now."
He caught me steadily and then lifted me up in his arms.
In this way, I can clearly feel his heartbeat and temperature.
Strange, why does this suddenly give me a sense of peace?
I fell into his arms and let him lead me outside, but I didn't utter a single word.
I just wish I could feel this more often. How long has it been since I've felt this way?
It seems... there is no such thing as life... from beginning to end, it has been incredibly cold.
"Why are you crying again? You are the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Demon Sect, not some naive and innocent young lady. Stop crying all the time."
"Idiot... Put me down, I'll run away for you when there are fewer people around."
I quickly wiped away my tears and leaned close to his chest, saying...
I still don't want him to die.
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Everyone outside is running now, but once they notice something's wrong, they won't be able to escape."
He kicked open the door, and instantly, a strong smell of blood filled the air.
I looked out and saw that the entire palace and stone steps were filled with blood, flesh, and severed limbs.
After I fell asleep yesterday, he wiped out the entire place and then changed his black clothes into the white ones he is wearing now.
But... why didn't anyone notice?
"Thank you for the soaring demonic energy yesterday; otherwise, how could you have concealed the blood energy here?"
He seemed to read my mind. He carried me a few steps, then mounted his sword and quickly left the Heavenly Demon Sect via the passageway used by the sect's servants.
So all those things he did to me yesterday, when he suddenly barged in, were for this...
But even so, he absolutely could not have done this alone; he must have had helpers.
So why did he want to take me away from here?
How could an outsider have such abilities?
"Great Saintess Ye, how about I help you get revenge?"
He took me flying on his sword outside the Heavenly Demon Sect and made me a suggestion.
"What? Those people treated you like that, don't you feel any hatred at all?"
Even when the demonic energy overflowed so severely, posing a life-or-death risk each time, they always made you bear it all alone.
While it's true that only by enduring pain and absorbing and refining demonic energy can you be used for a human sacrifice, isn't that going a bit too far?
He looked at me without saying anything, and then continued.
I nestled in his arms, hoping this moment of peace could last a little longer.
"And your mother, doesn't her suffering need to be repaid by someone?"
This kind of hatred can only be truly satisfied by constantly increasing one's own strength and finally crushing Shan Chu's injustice with one's own hands, can't it?
He continued speaking, but his tone finally carried a hint of his own emotions.
It seems... he has experienced all of these things before.
We traveled quickly for several hours until we stopped at a mountain pass. After landing, he gently put me down.
"To tell you the truth, my mission was actually to kill you, but I took pity on you and that's why I saved you. If you just want to survive, then leave."
You can live in anonymity, experience a life of peace you've never known before, and then die of old age, or be caught and tortured again—it's all up to you.
Or perhaps…
He crossed his arms and smiled, extending his hand to me. The small wooden sword at his waist unexpectedly revealed his real name: Yan Quan.
"Or what, what?"
I clutched the hem of my skirt, at a loss for what to do, and said, "To say there's no hatred would definitely be a mistake."
I hate those people, not so much for torturing me, but for making my mother suffer the same pain and causing innocent people close to me to die violently.
"Or... follow me, and I'll lead you to crush the Heavenly Demon Sect."
He chuckled lightly, his tone unchanged, but it sent a chill down my spine.
His cultivation level is definitely not as high as those elders, but I just don't know why, I just feel that he can definitely achieve that, and... I will also be dragged into an abyss of no return by him.
However, all of this became a settled matter the moment I handed it to him.
If we're talking about reasons other than hatred...
Maybe it's because I don't want anything to happen to him.
Because he was the first person to bring me such warmth.
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